Percent and standard error for public elementary school music specialists reporting that they participated in various professional development activities, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 (Return to Table 32)

School characteristic

Activities designed for all teachers

Incorporating state or district standards into instruction

Student assessment

A subject area that is unrelated to music

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

All public elementary school music specialists

78

(1.7)

71

(2.0)

38

(1.7)

Enrollment size

Less than 300

70

(4.0)

66

(3.9)

39

(4.1)

300 to 499

81

(2.2)

74

(2.9)

38

(2.8)

500 or more

79

(2.5)

70

(3.0)

38

(2.7)

Community type

City

79

(2.5)

75

(2.8)

35

(3.1)

Suburban

81

(2.6)

73

(2.8)

40

(3.0)

Town

80

(3.3)

64

(5.1)

40

(4.3)

Rural

71

(3.5)

66

(3.0)

38

(3.0)

Region

Northeast

77

(3.5)

70

(3.9)

33

(3.6)

Southeast

83

(2.2)

70

(2.8)

45

(3.3)

Central

78

(3.3)

73

(3.4)

38

(3.3)

West

73

(2.7)

69

(3.4)

37

(3.4)

Percent combinedenrollment of Black andother races/ethnicities1

Less than 6 percent

76

(4.2)

67

(4.8)

43

(3.3)

6 to 20 percent

75

(3.2)

70

(3.3)

38

(3.4)

21 to 49 percent

75

(2.7)

74

(3.0)

40

(3.7)

50 percent or more

83

(2.9)

71

(3.3)

35

(3.0)

Percent of studentseligible for free orreduced-price lunch

0 to 25 percent

74

(3.2)

72

(3.6)

36

(3.4)

26 to 50 percent

77

(2.6)

72

(3.4)

39

(3.1)

51 to 75 percent

78

(2.5)

65

(3.3)

42

(3.6)

76 percent or more

83

(3.0)

75

(3.4)

34

(3.6)

1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.

NOTE: Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Survey of Elementary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 102M, 2009–10.